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THE MESSAGE

2 Chronicles 19:1

But Jehoshaphat king of Judah got home safe and sound. Jehu, son of Hanani the seer, confronted King Jehoshaphat: "You have no business helping evil, cozying up to God -haters. Because you did this, God is good and angry with you. But you're not all bad—you made a clean sweep of the polluting sex-and-religion shrines; and you were single-minded in seeking God."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Jehoshaphat;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jehu;   Justice;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jehoshaphat;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Preaching;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jehoshaphat;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Court Systems;   Humility;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Sanhedrin;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jehu;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jehoshaphat;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chronicles, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
King Jehoshaphat of Judah returned to his home in Jerusalem in peace.
Hebrew Names Version
Yehoshafat the king of Yehudah returned to his house in shalom to Yerushalayim.
King James Version
And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
English Standard Version
Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in safety to his house in Jerusalem.
New Century Version
Jehoshaphat king of Judah came back safely to his palace in Jerusalem.
New English Translation
When King Jehoshaphat of Judah returned home safely to Jerusalem,
Amplified Bible
Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned safely to his house (palace) in Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible
Then Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in safety to his house in Jerusalem.
World English Bible
Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Iehoshaphat the King of Iudah returned safe to his house in Ierusalem.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in peace to his house in Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
Jehoshaphat king of Judah returned safely to his home in Jerusalem.
Contemporary English Version
Jehoshaphat returned safely to his palace in Jerusalem.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then Y'hoshafat the king of Y'hudah returned home to Yerushalayim in peace.
Darby Translation
And Jehoshaphat king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
Easy-to-Read Version
King Jehoshaphat of Judah came back safely to his house in Jerusalem.
George Lamsa Translation
AND at the evening Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
Good News Translation
King Jehoshaphat of Judah returned safely to his palace in Jerusalem.
Lexham English Bible
Then Jehoshaphat king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
Literal Translation
And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Bvt Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda came home agayne in peace vnto Ierusalem.
American Standard Version
And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
Bible in Basic English
And Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, went back to his house in Jerusalem in peace.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iehosaphat the king of Iuda came home againe in peace to Hierusalem.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
King James Version (1611)
And Iehoshaphat the king of Iudah returned to his house in peace to Ierusalem.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Josaphat king of Juda returned to his house at Jerusalem.
English Revised Version
And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Josaphat, kyng of Juda, turnede ayen pesibli in to his hows in to Jerusalem.
Update Bible Version
And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
New King James Version
Then Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned safely to his house in Jerusalem.
New Living Translation
When King Jehoshaphat of Judah arrived safely home in Jerusalem,
New Life Bible
King Jehoshaphat of Judah returned in peace to his house in Jerusalem.
New Revised Standard
King Jehoshaphat of Judah returned in safety to his house in Jerusalem.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned unto his own house in peace, to Jerusalem.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Josaphat king of Juda returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
Revised Standard Version
Jehosh'aphat the king of Judah returned in safety to his house in Jerusalem.
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehoshaphat king of Judah turneth back unto his house in peace to Jerusalem,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in safety to his house in Jerusalem.

Contextual Overview

1But Jehoshaphat king of Judah got home safe and sound. Jehu, son of Hanani the seer, confronted King Jehoshaphat: "You have no business helping evil, cozying up to God -haters. Because you did this, God is good and angry with you. But you're not all bad—you made a clean sweep of the polluting sex-and-religion shrines; and you were single-minded in seeking God." 4 Jehoshaphat kept his residence in Jerusalem but made a regular round of visits among the people, from Beersheba in the south to Mount Ephraim in the north, urging them to return to God , the God of their ancestors.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3108, bc 896

in peace: 2 Chronicles 18:31, 2 Chronicles 18:32

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 18:1 - joined affinity 2 Chronicles 28:9 - he went out

Cross-References

Genesis 18:22
The men set out for Sodom, but Abraham stood in God 's path, blocking his way.
Genesis 19:1
The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening. Lot was sitting at the city gate. He saw them and got up to welcome them, bowing before them and said, "Please, my friends, come to my house and stay the night. Wash up. You can rise early and be on your way refreshed." They said, "No, we'll sleep in the street."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned,.... From Ramothgilead, after Ahab was slain:

to his house in peace in Jerusalem; to his palace there in safety, having narrowly escaped losing his life in the battle.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jehoshaphat ... returned to his house in peace - With the battle of Ramoth-Gilead, and the death of Ahab, the war came to an end. The combined attack of the two kings having failed, their troops had been withdrawn, and the enterprise in which they had joined relinquished. The Syrians, satisfied with their victory, did not press on the retreating foe, or carry the war into their enemies’ country.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XIX

Jehoshaphat, on his return from Ramoth-gilead, is met by the

prophet Jehu, and reproved, 1-3.

He makes a farther reformation in the land, establishing courts

of justice, and giving solemn and pertinent directions to the

judges, Levites, &c., to do judgement and justice among the

people, in the fear of God, 4-11.

NOTES ON CHAP. XIX

Verse 2 Chronicles 19:1. Returned to his house in peace — That is, in safety, notwithstanding he had been exposed to a danger so imminent, from which only the especial mercy of God could have saved him.


 
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